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Plum adds super lawyer to board

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... in a spate of activity from Plum Financial Services, which on June 8 landed a $300 million mandate from Lend Lease Corporation. Haines has also joined the boards of MLC Nominees and NULIS (Australia) Nominees. This is the seventh fund to transition across ...

Fin Svcs Asian opportunity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Professionals in the Australian financial sector remain reluctant to build their careers in the Asian market, despite the majority believing it offers the most job potential. On the flip side, hiring opportunities are set to rise in Australia. According ...

Financial services honoured with Queen's favour

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Members of the Australian financial services industry have received Queen's Birthday honours this year including advisers, super fund heads and regulatory figures. Michael Dwyer, chief executive of First State Super and Fund Executives Association Ltd ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... Halliburton falling 2.4 per cent. A flurry of merger activity provoked the sharpest movements, with clothing giant VF Corporation rising 10 per cent after announcing it would buy Timberland for about $US2.0 billion ($A1.89 billion). Timberland gained ...

Financial PDS' 'Shortened'

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
A new proposal by Finance Minister, Bill Shorten would provide a transition period of just over 12 months for those that aren't ready with their shortened PDS this year. Starting from 22 June 2012, PDS for all superannuation products and simple managed ...

State Street secures REST lending deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
REST Industry Super has appointed State Street Corporation as its global securities lending agent, building on their relationship established earlier this year. State Street will now deliver a securities lending programme for REST's global bond and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... returning to the (property) sector." But the data was not enough to lift banking stocks, with only Westpac Banking Corporation trading higher by two cents, to $21.54. Commonwealth Bank fell 56 cents, or 1.13 per cent, to $49.17, National Australia Bank ...

Plum lands $300m Lend Lease super mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
Plum Financial Services has secured management of property group Lend Lease Corporation's $300 million superannuation fund, which will move from its own fund management to Plum's master trust. This is the seventh fund to transition across to Plum's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... retailers, Woolworths was down four cents at $26.73 and Coles owner Wesfarmers was five cents lower at $31.66. News Corporation said it will begin charging $2.95 per week for online access to its flagship publication, The Australian, from October, although ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... Housing Industry Association (HIA) release their performance of construction index (PCI) for May. In equities news, News Corporation's head of Digital Media, Richard Freudenstein, delivers the keynote address at the Mumbrella conference, during which ...